He did, however, voice his displeasure with the government’s inaction following that step. He contended that Gumi’s appeal for dialogue with terrorists and bandits has proven futile over time. He went on to say that Tukur Mamu, a close friend of Gumi’s who accompanied him on his forays into the bush, had been officially designated as a terrorist backer by government authorities.
He said in an interview with The Sun, ”Gumi claims of knowing the Bandits didn’t start today. Some years back Gumi went into the bush to preach to the Bandits but the government didn’t do anything. Gumi is hiding under those things, but we don’t want Nigerians to be fooled. He should not think we are all blind. When he started his evangelism strategy, he called it at that time, did we have any result? No. It was a time that the Bandits went deeper and more furious, more violent. There is nothing that Gumi can tell that he achieved with that.
Secondly, a close associate of Gumi who was with him in the bush, has been declared by the government as a sponsor of terrorism. We knew the game he played when Bandits attacked a train and kidnapped the passenger and he was made the Chief Negotiator and at the end of the day, INTERPOL tracked him to Egypt and brought him back, and has been in detention till now.”
The State Security Services [SSS] confirmed the arrest of a Kaduna Publisher, Tukur Mamu who negotiated the release of some hostages in the March 2022 train abductions in Kaduna in September 2022. Tukur was arrested at the Aminu Kano International Airport and upon his arrival from Egypt.
Mamu and Sheikh Gumi were both involved in negotiating the release of some of the Kaduna train victims before his arrest. The Federal Government had declared Tukur Mamu as one of the terrorist financiers just last month while he’s still being held in detention. CONTINUE FULL READING>>>>>
